Danny George Wilson

Well London…that was a really special night…beautiful venue, beautiful people…Thank you all so much!! See you soon! 🙏🚀❤️

Hey folks!! It’s been an amazing week of shows and tonight we play a SOLD OUT show at London’s beautiful Omeara venue…Can’t wait to see you all! Please note that it’s an early show with the Champs hitting the stage at 8pm…See ya here!! 💥🚀😎⚡️

Tickets for all shows for the Balloon March UK tour are now on sale here linktr.ee/balloontheband The London show at The Betsey with @dannythechamp.bsky.social is an old-fashion Saturday matinee. So you’ll be home for tea. Can’t promise popcorn, but you never know 😉

Busy week ahead for The Champs…Tomorrow afternoon we play a warm up show at the Sound Lounge in Sutton (tix still available!) & then shows at The Railway in Winchester & The Piper in Hastings (both with Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou opening) & a long sold out show at London’s Omeara…See you there!! 🚀💥😎❤️

A late edition folks! A late Sunday afternoon warm up at the wonderful Sound Lounge down in Sutton…Our London Omeara show sold out months ago & we have shows in Hastings & Winchester that week so we thought we’d add another London area gig…tix available from thesoundlounge.org.uk…See you there! 😎🚀❤️

Hey folks! Today we’re pricing up a load of gorgeous vintage ‘Tootal’ scarves so naturally the only soundtrack we could possibly choose is from the king of ‘neckerchief rock’, the wonderful Ronnie Lane & his classic ‘Anymore for Anymore’ album from 74…Open from midday till 7pm folks…See you here! 🌳❤️

Hey folks! Just want to say a huge Thankyou to everyone who came to the shop over our first weekend & for all your enthusiasm…means such a lot! Here’s our opening hours…See you tomorrow! Plenty more magic going out in the racks too!! 🙏❤️😎🚀

TUESDAYS - SATURDAYS - MIDDAY TO 7PM
SUNDAYS - MIDDAY TO 4PM

Wow!! What an incredible opening day we had…Thankyou so much to everyone who came along to welcome us and to wish us luck and of course to find some magic in the racks…It was a very special day!! We’re open again today from midday to 4pm…Come over and say hi! See you here folks 🙏❤️🚀😎

Love this record!

So thrilled…🚀😎❤️

Its our last weekend in our little corner of the Sound Lounge before we open our shop in Carshalton next Saturday…Tomorrow’s ‘Sunday Sessions’ will be something of a farewell party…kicks off at 4pm so come & raise a glass to the new shop & the continuing success of the Sound Lounge…See you here!!🙏❤️🚀

It’s our last week here at the wonderful Sound Lounge before we open our new shop in Carshalton on Saturday Nov 1st! We’ll be making our ‘Sunday Sessions’ a bit of a leaving do so we’d love you to celebrate with us & raise a glass to the amazing time we’ve had here in Sutton..See you here folks! ❤️😎✌️

Tomorrow night in Nantwich folks!! We’ll be joined by our great friends and longtime Champs, ‘The Dreaming Spires’ too…Gonna be a cracker…See ya there!! 🚀😎❤️

So excited about this! 🚀😎❤️

Looking forward to playing with The Champs in Nantwich as part of the ‘Words & Music Festival’ later this week…Excited to have our great mates The Dreaming Spires along too!! Tix still available so grab one and we’ll see you there!! 🚀😎❤️

Our next Sunday Sessions is on Sunday October 26th folks!! We have some very big news coming that may make this one a pretty special day,…We’re thrilled to have The Ladles at this one too…Gonna be fun! It’s a pay what you can afford afternoon show as usual but do book tix to avoid missing out! 🙏❤️😎🚀

These photos were taken by our great and very talented friend Simon Weller…Thanks so much for capturing it so perfectly mate 🙏📸❤️

It’s hard to put into words how special playing at Hammersmith Apollo last night was. In fact the last week opening for Gene has been wonderful. Huge thanks to the guys & team for their generosity & so much love & thanks to all the amazing folks who watched & listened…We had an absolute blast 🙏🚀😎❤️

Photos by our great mate Simon Weller 🚀🙏😎📸

Hammersmith Apollo!! We’re Soundchecked and ready to hit this absolutely legendary stage at 7.30pm…Absolutely can’t wait to see you folks!! 🚀❤️😎

On at 7.30pm..See ya there! 😎🙏

Thankyou so much…that’s lovely to hear 🙏😎

Had another wonderful time opening for Gene in Sheffield last night. Here’s a little snippet of the Grand Drive oldie, ‘Track 40’….Tomorrow night we get to play the legendary Hammersmith Odeon!! Huge thanks to the Gene guys and team for having us along 🙏❤️🚀

Photo by my lovely mate Piers Bromley 📸🙏😎

Had an amazing night opening for Gene in Leeds on Sunday..Tomorrow we do it all over again in Sheffield & then on Saturday at the legendary Hammersmith Apollo…I’ve seen so many heroes there..will be a bit of a dream come true, so a huge thanks to the Gene guys for the invite..See you out there! 😎❤️🙏

Ah great!!! Chuffed you like it 🙏😎✌️

Sound checked & ready to play our first show of three this week as special guests of Gene…We’re absolutely thrilled to be invited to be a small part of it…Tonight in Leeds, Thursday Sheffield & Saturday at the legendary Hammersmith Apollo!! Thanks so much for having us along guys! 🙏😎❤️🚀

Day off Listening #2 More early 90s Neil…The stunning ‘Harvest Moon’ from 1992…One of his greatest collections of songs and up there with his very best albums…So many beautiful songs ❤️😎😎🚀

Day off listening #1 An afternoon of early 90s Neil…’Ragged Glory’ from 1990…What an incredible album! So much melody and so many amazing guitar workouts…Up there with his very best for me 🔥😎❤️

If you love The Flying Burrito Brothers, Dillard & Clark and Clarence White era Byrds then this is right up your street…Swampwater’s self titled album from 1971…They were Linda Ronstadt’s backing band and featured Gib Guilbeau & John Beland who both went on to join The Burritos…Great record! ❤️😎🚀✌️